>>>>>I am troubleshooting a problem that could have been caused by function File() not finding a file in my .EXE. So I have a couple of questions:
>>>>>
>>>>>1. Does FILE() look inside the .EXE file (just to be sure that this is a valid function to search in .EXE)?
>>>>
>>>>Yes
>>>>
>>>>>2. Does FILE() care if the file is in upper case, lower case, or mixed case? (e.g. file( "mYfile.dbf") or file("MYFILE.DBF") etc.)
>>>>
>>>>No
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>Thank you, Boris.
>>>
>>>If you think of any "circumstance" where FILE() would not find a file in the .EXE, please let me know.
>>
>>There is no way. Even if you search with full path and have the same file built-in EXE you always will get .t. as a result of the function.
>>
>>So if you build "TEST.TXT" in EXE and search it like this:
>>

>>? FILE("c:\MyTestrFoilder\Test.TXT") ---- > .t.
>>

>>even if there is no such file or folder.
>
>Does .EXE have to be in the PATH or .EXE simply searches through itself even if it is not in the PATH?


No, VFP just searches in EXE.